After the game had ended and the party had died down. Sarn and the rest of the squadron had dispersed from the lounge and returned to their quarthers. Half way to his bunk room, Sarn's commlink suddenly buzzed to life. " Huh ?, who would call me at this time ?" he asked to himself out loud. He picked up the comlink and was suprized to hear Admrail Ackbars voice on the other side.

" Commander Ozan. I hope I didn't disturb you from your rest." he said apologiticly.

" No, Admrial It's alright. I wasn't really tried any way. "

" Good to hear that commander. I need to see you in my office. It's about the mission to the P3k system."

" Right On my way Sir !" he said into the comlink before shuting it off.

' No rest for the wicked ' he thought to himself as he ran down the hallway toward the turbolift doors.

Ariane shot Kirin a sultry smile as he approached up the corridor. She stood, with a somewhat lost look on her face outside the quarters she had been temporarily assigned. Kirin pulled up beside her and she looked him casually up and down before she spoke.

"I think I left my room pass in my clothes" she whispered with a coy smile.

Kirin smiled, somewhat bemused back at her then he hastily searched for and pulled her pass card from her skinsuit and passed it in front of the reader on the door. As the door hissed open Ariane slid inside leaving Kirin standing outside with her clothes. After a few moments hesitation he followed her inside.

Kirin entered the room to find the room empty.

"I´ll be out in a moment!" came a call from the bathroom attached to the small quarters. "Sit down and try and relax!"

Kirin dropped Ariane´s clothing neatly on the bed and sat down on the hard backed chair at the desk beside the bed. Some moments later Ariane returned to the room. She was wearing a light silk chemise which was loosely closed but the belt. She casually sauntered across the room and sat on Kirin´s lap.

The two sat on the chair facing each other for a few moments and then suddenly they kissed.

Sarn stood at attension behind Ackbar's desk and waited for the admarial to explain the reason he was called. Ackbar was seated behind the desk reading something on his datapad. From the way he was groaning, sarn knew the info must've been bad. with a heavy sigh Ackbar then placed the datapad down in his desk drawer and turned his attension to the man in front of him.

" I'm so glad you could come commander, You my be seated. He said.

Sarn to a set in one of the chairs behind him and waited for ackbar to continue.

" Commander we have a serious problem. I had just read one of our scout reports. It stated that the p3k system is surroned by space mines, which type were not sure of..but enough to knock out a few small boarding vessals." he paused and took a deep breath before continuing on. " With this mine around the space station it will be impossible for the fleet to get near it. But I have an Idea."

" If I my ask sir, what is it you have in mind ?" sarn asked

The admarial just stared back at him with his wide bulbous eyes and grined. " I have just been informed that our tech crews had refited our B-wings with a new type of jamming device. They were designed to block out the tracking systems on mines and reltivly keep star fighters safe while fighting in mine felids."

Sarn cocked one eyebrow and placed his right hand on his chin. as if trying to process what the admrial had just told him. " So...you want Black Nova Sqaudron to fly these B-wings into the mine and knock them out ? "

" Yes commander..that is what I am asking of you."

" I accept. When do we launch ?"

" In two days...that should allow your squadmates some time to relax and our forces some time to re-group."

" Very well sir, We'll blow that Imp mine felid into atoms !"

" I'm glad to hear that as well Commander. Now get some rest and tell your wing mates to meet you in the sim room at 0900 tomorrow. You'll need all the training you can get on this one."

" Yes Sir !" Sarn said as he saluted the admrial and exited the office.

" Well,well it looks like Black nova will finally be on the offenisve again. I love playing the offensive. " he joked to himself as he travled down the long hallway.

The door to the cell block hissed open. He stood there for a few moments before stepping out of the lift. At this time of night the security presence was minimal but a guard met him at the door of the lift and saluted smartly. Returning the salute he slowly glanced around the room. The other guard was at the desk a few meters away a further examination and he confirmed he had not entered the camera range yet!

The guard dropped his salute and moved closer with a security scanner in his hand. Before he reached the new arrival he drew a blaster and quickly shot him in the chest before the happless guard could respond. As the body feel limp the man grabbed the body and using it as a shield fired at the other security officer.

The second officer, taken by surprise, fell quickly and the officer then turned his attention to the cameras blasting each one quickly using the dead officers body to shield him from the cameras view. Once all the cameras were destroyed he quickly glanced over the security console to locate his quarry and then slid down the cell bay.

The third door down hissed open in front of him and he quickly blasted the camera in the room.

A man in an imperial uniform stood bemused looking at his benefactor. The man stood there motionless for a moment before speaking and then he uttered one word as he leveled his blaster at the imperial.

"Zeus!" he almost whispered

The imperial immediatly snapped to attention and saluted quickly snapping out his reply

"For the empire!"

The blaster recoiled on time in the mans hand and the imperial fell on the bed dead. In the doorway Kirin stared at the dead imperial on the bed for a few moments before tossing the blaster on the bed and striding quickly to the turbo lift and exiting the security area. A few minutes later he was back in his bed as the security alarms started to scream through out the ship.

Kirin awoke after what to him seemed a long sleep. He roled over and found that he was not in his quarters. More than that, Arriane was next to him. The night came back sketchy up until they got to her quarters then everything is blank. This disturbed him.

Meanwhile, for the first time in many long hours, Ami awoke. She starred into Kagome's eyes and asked, "What has happened?"

Kagome, who had been waiting for the past five minutes while doing her doctorly things, replied, "I don't know. Alot of bad stuff, I'm sure. Anyway, I need you to stay in bed for a few hour before we start walking you around. Okay."

"Sure, just find out whats going on."

Kagome got up and walked out. She was in dress uniform, and had it perfect. Not a loose thread to be found in or out. Clean, not a loose hair anywhere. She went up a few decks to Sarn's new office door and knocked.

"Yeah, and I stole an ISD. Doesn't mean you should. I am the lunitic around here." LT. CMDR. KIRIN A. TSUKINO
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"What? Where in God's vast galaxy are you going to find a man crazy enough to even attempt to jump a moon into hyperspa.....where do I sign?"

Sarn was still getting dressed in his uniform when he heard the knock at his door. " Huh. now who could that be ?" he muttered under his breath has he struggled to get the last button on his shirt clasped. " Kodachi can you get the door please ?" he asked the droid. The short little droid whistled a reply and before rolling to the door and answering it. in front of her was a beautiful young women in a alliance dress uniform.

" Oh hello is the commander in ?" she asked

Kodachi whistled an affirmitive and motioned for her to come in with her repair claw. By this time sarn had finished getting dressed and was now walking out of the refresher. " Ah DR. Kagome, it's good to see you again How's Cheif Medical Officer Teresk Sal treating you ? I trust she don't work you to hard."

"I haven't had the chance to meet her sir. To tell you the truth, I've beeen under Home One's cheif medical officer, Commadore Malfrees. He walked me through and helped get me through everything to become a surgeon. Now I am fully qualified," She smiled with all her joy as she handed Sarn a folder," Those are my orders. I have now been put under your command."

"Yeah, and I stole an ISD. Doesn't mean you should. I am the lunitic around here." LT. CMDR. KIRIN A. TSUKINO
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"What? Where in God's vast galaxy are you going to find a man crazy enough to even attempt to jump a moon into hyperspa.....where do I sign?"

Sarn smiled politley at the young woman and reached into his front suit pocket for his datapad. He then types something into it and pulls out a data card from it slot. " I'm honored to have you aboard Kagome. " he said warmly to her presenting the datacard in his right hand to her. " Take this card to your new "Boss" Teresk-sal. She'll get you situated into the group's med team. And once again welcome to Black nova squadron." He puts the data pad back into his pocket and gives a formal if not silly looking salute. Kagome chuckles at the commanders apparent goofness and places the datacard into her front coat pocket. " Thank you sir ! I'll report to her office asap !" she said briskly, returning sarns salute. Before exiting out of his office door.

Kirin got up and prepared to go. He was next to the door when he turned around. "Uh, Arriane, I'm leaving, duty calls and all." Her response was a simple sigh and a wave, even though she wasn't facing him.

The door opened and there was Echo with his uniform. "I thought I told you to take that to the Serenity." He said.

Echo beeped furiously. Then Kirin realized that the Serenity was probably still full of machanics and Echo couldn't get on board. Kirin sighed as he picked up his uniform and made for the nearest restroom. On the way he apologized to Echo for making him wait like that.

A little later he was changed and on his way to business. Stop one, his CO. He passed Kagome on his way there and they stopped to talk.

Kagome: "Hi Kirin! Where are you going in such a hurry?"

Kirin: "To Sarn's quarters. And you?"

Kagome: "To see Medical officer Teresk Sal. I have been assigned to your squadron."

Kirin: "Thats great. Are you a full surgeon now?"

Kagome: "Yes! I was certified yesterday. Well, I guess we both have work to do. Good bye Kirin!"

She finished and turned fast and a departing speed just a swift. Kirin gave a wave and then went on his way. He observed Kagome as an eager young officer. With her being a surgeon, she will quickly out rank him.

Kirin made his way to Sarn's quarters where he knocked and then waited.

"Yeah, and I stole an ISD. Doesn't mean you should. I am the lunitic around here." LT. CMDR. KIRIN A. TSUKINO
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"What? Where in God's vast galaxy are you going to find a man crazy enough to even attempt to jump a moon into hyperspa.....where do I sign?"

Before had a chance to even exit his quarthers. Another knock at his door had distracted him. Opening the entry way, he was suprised to see kirin standing before him. He gave his Lieutenant Commander a swift salute, which kirin also returned before inviting him in.

" Well, Well, Lieutenant coomander. what is it I can help you with today ? Is it about our operation ? " he asked.

"Yes and another thing. First, are we to start simulations today? And uh, do I start to select my team today? But before all that, how much did I drink last night? I can barely remember a thing." Kirin asked, however, he knew he didn't have more than three shots of Darin Wine. Not something to make you drunk within a quart, let alone three shots.

"Yeah, and I stole an ISD. Doesn't mean you should. I am the lunitic around here." LT. CMDR. KIRIN A. TSUKINO
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"What? Where in God's vast galaxy are you going to find a man crazy enough to even attempt to jump a moon into hyperspa.....where do I sign?"

" To answer your first question. Yes we are starting the simulations today. We need to keep our piloting skills sharp if this missions is to succeed." sarn said in a matter of fact tone. "but as for how much you drank last night..." he trailed off shruging his shoulders in confusion. " well I know you were quite sober when I last saw you in the louge. but as for after...That's anyones guess."

" Why do you ask Lieutenant is there anything wrong ?" he said to kirin with a worried sounding tone. " I wouldn't want one of my Xo's to end up sick before a mission.

(Occ: Remeber david is a captian so he is the Assitant xo. While kirin being a LT commander is my xo. Just to clear up any confusion.)

"I feel fine sir. I just can't figure on me forgetting just about everything that happened last night. Its disturbing.

"Our simulations will be set for predicted resistinse and combat situations under four different scenareos, at least that is what I ordered the technicians to set them for." Kirin finished.

It was at that time that the intercom began, "The officers of Black Nova Squadron are required the briefing room. Repeat, the officers of Black Nova squadron are required in the breifing room."

"I wander what that is about." Kirin said.

"Yeah, and I stole an ISD. Doesn't mean you should. I am the lunitic around here." LT. CMDR. KIRIN A. TSUKINO
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"What? Where in God's vast galaxy are you going to find a man crazy enough to even attempt to jump a moon into hyperspa.....where do I sign?"

Sarn sighed deeply to himself for finally geeting the chance to exit his room. Both he and Kirin had exited his cabin with Kodachi following in tow behind them. " I guess the admarial wants to make sure we have everything set for the mission." he mused to himself. " But still I'm getting a funny feeling, Like somethings not right. And usally this feelings never wrong."

ooc: Wowzers, it's been a while since I've been around here, what with school and my "job" on a different website. I've also been writing an 11 page long fan fic on a Half-Life 2 website, but I just bought the Star Wars DVD set, and it reminded me of this. Good thing I did too, I didn't want to leave you all hanging. I'll catch up as soon as possible. I'm just posting this to remind you guys I'm still alive out here! Good to be back!

But my internet's kinda freaky right now, so I won't be able to be on a constant basis, but I should be able to at least be able to post once every two days or so.

If you're going to do something, do it right. Or at least don't let the other side know you're cheating.

OOC: that's okay david. We'll be waiting. We all have things we are doing in RL that destract us. I'll post a reply as soon as someone posts one to my post later. until then. MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU !

" Bant, are the x-wings all preped and ready for the mission ?" asked the alliance flight officer. " Yes sir," answered the blue skined mon-cal. " My crew and I worked long and hard all night to prepare these ships to be mean,lean, Imp killing machines. and I will not let anyone slack off, when theres work to be done." he said proudly,with what appered to be a grin showing on his face.

" Ah, good to hear that Bant. No wonder Sarn requested you to be the cheif mechnic for the squadron." the officer replied happily. " keep up the good work Bant and may the force be with you." the officer gave Bant a quick salute, which bant returend before heading off to do other duties.

Bant turned to his fellow techs,mechnics and helper droids and smiled at them warmly. " I would like to thank you guys for all your help. If I had you guys aboard the Phatom..." he paused as the memeroy of Black Nova's first and finest mother ship had appered inside his mind. He quickly pushed the horrible vision into the back of his mind, and finshed his priase to his team.

" Sorry about that guys...as I was saying. If I had you guys with me before, we might have been able to win a few more battles against the Imperials. But that doen't mean we should slack off. We need to be ready. those pilots are counting on his got that ?"

they all nodded in agreement while a few droid beeped or whistled theirs.

" It may not be as glamorius as being a starfighter pilot or sabotaging an imperial weapons base. but our job is still important. without guys like us the alliance war effort will cumble. So get out there and remeber. If we so much a fail to notice a small crack or leak in one of these babies. the ENTIRE mission, maybe the alliance will cumble ! our job is important too guys so lets get out there and do our jobs. this is how we fight aganist the imperials. making sure that whatever ships they damge will come back again in a futrue battle to take down more of their Ties !"

At this the entire hanger bay lit up in a rowdying cry. they claped at bants speech and settled down to hear more. The appluse they presented caused Bant to smile even wider and made him blush turning his blue face dark purple. " Okay people and droids. We know what we need to do. Now lets get out there and fix those ships. Remember as long as we can fix them, and keep our pliots flying. The empire will never destroy us or our dream of a free galaxy. Good luck, do your best and may the force be with you !"

at this the entire group disperesed and went about their duties, with a new found fire buring with in them. Bant could only smile at the impact his speech had on them.

' to think this speech was the first speech sarn made back when he was made captain of the squadron when it was still under wing commander jackson hauler. Of course his was about the importance of being both a starfighter pilot and a covert SpecOp agent. but still had the same impact.'

he silent thought to himself as he begin to weld a power coupling in place.

Emerging from the bathroom Ariane heard the members of Black Nova being summoned. Quickly she got dressed and put her twin blasters into their holsters.

She pulled the hold all bag she arrived with from the wardrobe and opened it. Inside was a metal cylinder with the royal crest of Naboo on it. She reached in and gently pulled the cylinder from it's holder. She stared at it for a moment, suddenly a red blade of sheer energy errupted from one end of the cylinder, the light from the blade glowed on her face as she watched the energy trails dance up and down the blade.

As suddenly as it had appeared the blade vanished. Ariane gently rolled the cylinder in her hand and then pulled a back holster from her hold all. Once this was attached she picked the hilt back up and secured it safely in her back holster before quickly leaving the room to report with Black Nova.

Kirin, still in dress uniform, walked fast towards his destination, the briefing room. He and Sarn arrived quickly and entered, Kirin sitting down and Sarn going to the front. Admiral Ackbar himself stood up front, with him Mon Mothma, and beside her, Home One's chief of security. Kirin understood the presence of Mon Mothma and the flag officer Admiral Ackbar, but why a security officer?

"Yeah, and I stole an ISD. Doesn't mean you should. I am the lunitic around here." LT. CMDR. KIRIN A. TSUKINO
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"What? Where in God's vast galaxy are you going to find a man crazy enough to even attempt to jump a moon into hyperspa.....where do I sign?"

The door hissed closed behind her as she silently entered the room, Kirin and Sarn were here as was Ackbar. The others she did not recognise. Being late to the briefing she took a seat near the back at the end of one of the rows, eager to know where Black Nova would be going next.

Winters rushed into the room, stopping shortly after entering the briefing area. He stood there, feeling the eyes of the others on him.

"...I guess I'm late. I'll just find a seat somewhere..." He announced and shuffled his way near the back, a few seats from where Ariane was sitted. He was watching the holopanel closely. The officers could try to disguise the danger of the mission with fancy words, but that little map and symbols could tell a whole book's worth of information.
"So what's up?" He asked nonchalantly, probably throwing a few of the nicer dressed officers off-guard.
One of them muttered to his comrade: "This is the squadron that's managed to survive this long?"
The other shook his head and they both looked at Winters, who just smiled and gave a slight nod in their direction.

If you're going to do something, do it right. Or at least don't let the other side know you're cheating.

Kirin, who had been paying attention to the others in the room, had snuck up behind the two officers and put his hand on ones shoulder, startling the man, and then said, "And we survived with less than 2/3's of a squadron too." Kirin took his seat next to Winters.

Soon Black Nova's cheif medical officer Teresk-sal and the squadrons new and only surgeon, Kagome, entered and took their seats, this was directly followed by Ami's entrance with the assistance of cruches. The entire room turned to see the surprise guest.

"If you don't mind Lt. Lequre, I will be the judge of that." Kagome interjected.

Ami dropped her cruches then jumped and rolled ending on her feet as if the stunt had been done since she was three. She smiled and crossed her arms.

Kagome smiled saying, "Then again, who am I to argue with Home One's chief medical officer?"

The others chuckled as they took their seats. Ami sat down next to Kirin with the look of pain on her face, serious pain.

She whispered to David and Kirin, "Doc said I shouldn't do things like that for at least six hours. Guess I still puch the limit."

Sarn stood in the middle of the room and began as soon as Mason entered and took his seat.

"Yeah, and I stole an ISD. Doesn't mean you should. I am the lunitic around here." LT. CMDR. KIRIN A. TSUKINO
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"What? Where in God's vast galaxy are you going to find a man crazy enough to even attempt to jump a moon into hyperspa.....where do I sign?"

" Well almost the entire unit is here and accounted for except for Bant." sarn said. adimarl ackbar slowly nodded his head at sarn and waved his right-hand has if dismissing the idea. " I know commander, He's busy getting your ships prepared for the mission as we speak. I knew him back when he used to work on the shipyards of our home world. once he starts something he's sure hell bent to compelte it ha ha." Warmed and relived at the adimarl's understanding. Sarn couldn't help but allow a small grin to show on his face. but the grin soon faded as he sternly reminded himself of the reason he was here in the first place. " Adimarl forgive me for being blunt, but why did you summon us here. and what is qurela doing here ?" he asked pointing to the tall rodain dressed in an alliance fleet trooper uniform. Qurela Navo's had been one of sarns oldest friends back when they were apart of the corellian resistance. He was with sarn since the start of black nova and flew with him as his wingmen on starfighter missions and his cheif marksmen on covert operations. Before opting to become the units cheif of secerity. His sudden apperance in the adimarls office, coupled togather with the strange sense of danger sarn was getting through the force, Made sarn start to feel alittle uneasy. ' Somethings not right.' he told himself inwardily. Ackbar sighed heavily and motion sarn to a seat next to his desk. " Secerity officer Navos has something he like to tell us gentle man." All eyes turned to face the rodian standing next to ackbars desk. Qurela looked around the room to make sure that everyone attension was on him before speaking. " last night at 2240 an interuder snuck in to the birg and killed three of our guards before killing an imperial officer ,we had held prisoner there. The camaras were destroyed during this time, so we are uncertian of who did it. "

Kirin sat silent for a moment, "Who would do such a thing, that pilot was a valuble asset. Who ever it is should be found immedietely. How were they killed?"

"Yeah, and I stole an ISD. Doesn't mean you should. I am the lunitic around here." LT. CMDR. KIRIN A. TSUKINO
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"What? Where in God's vast galaxy are you going to find a man crazy enough to even attempt to jump a moon into hyperspa.....where do I sign?"

" the men were shot with ,what I believe, to be a high powered blaster pistol. They were killed out of camera range. So we don't know who or what did this. " Qurela explained warily. He darted his eyes across the room. Watching everyones reaction to his explaination. Truthfully he didn't want to believe it was anyone in the squadron. But...for seceritiy sake he had to make sure. ' It pains me to put sarn and the other black novas through this, but I believe the culprut could be in this very room. I can just feel it deep inside my gut. ' He thought as he continued to gaze at the assembled Novas before him.

' I still can't believe what i just heard.' sarn thought doubtfully ' How could someone get the clearance to go down to the brig. without ? ' suddenly it hit him. All rebel soldiers aboard this ship had to have special code clearance for certain levels. The brig was one of those restricted levals. He and most of his squadron had code clearance. But it couldn't be His novas ?...could it. Feeling a dark sense of foreboading begun to form in the pit of his stomuch. Sarn summoned up as much of the force as he could. It wasn't as strong as the skills his grandfather tried to teach him. And it was hard for him to focus his skills, But he was able to use the force to reply everything that went on before the incident. " Come on Sarn ! think, Think !" he ordered himself.

Kirin didn't know what to think. He roled the night he couldn't remember around in his head over and over. He strived to convince himself that he was with Arriane all night long. He spoke up after some to to think.

"Sir, whoever did this is probably a spy, someone trying to cover him or herself. I believe this person had the imperial killed to prevent exposure. However, even if one of us is the culprate, we may not have time to investigate. This mission has a critical time frame and we need to get ready, launch time is within 48 hours."

"Quite right" Ackbar stated. "You will begin your preparation and proceed with the mission as we investigate this incident. Kirin, if you will begin."

"Well, I don't mean to upstage my CO, sir. I will lead a group of men, ones that I have already hand selected, to the station as fresh yard and watch personel for the ISD Sabre. After relieving the current night watch and yard men, we will disable the local dock security and await for the Commander's attack on the tie factories on the planets surface. After the station's fighters are distracted the Nebulon-B Rebel Revenge will drop from hyperspace. We will intercept her as if to destroy her and escape with her and all fighters in our bays, or at least that is how I understand it. Commander Sarn, please take over, I really don't know much more than my part in this mission."

He yielded to his CO.

"Yeah, and I stole an ISD. Doesn't mean you should. I am the lunitic around here." LT. CMDR. KIRIN A. TSUKINO
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"What? Where in God's vast galaxy are you going to find a man crazy enough to even attempt to jump a moon into hyperspa.....where do I sign?"

While waiting for Sarn to explain the mission in detail, Winters spoke up.
"Sir, in order to prepare for the mission, I'll have sims starting two hours from now. I'd like to have all squadron on the same page by the time we ship off."
And with that he sat back down, awaiting the Commander's briefing.

If you're going to do something, do it right. Or at least don't let the other side know you're cheating.

Reliseing Lt.commander kirin was right. sarn decided to look into the murder later, and focus on the mission at hand. " Master at Arms Qurela, I belive your most suited to the investigation. As for black nova supposed involement. I am unsure as to why someone in my squadron would want to kill an imperial P.O.W. But rest assured I will get to the bottom of this after the main mission is compelete."

" I Agree with the commander on this master at arms." Ackbar stated.

The rodian nodded in agreement with the admiral and bowed slightly to the other occupants of the admrials quarthers. " Very well commander I wish you luck on your mission, and I will look into the matter myself and I will inform you of anything I find. May the force be with you." he said, before giving sarn a quick salute and walking out of the room. Sarn returned the salute to his old friend and returned his attension to the gathered novas. " Okay guys, I belive kirin told you the basic stratigm for our mission. but theres more to it..." He paused to catch his breath for a moment before continuing. he knew that the mission itself wasn't going to be as easy as kirins eariler statment made it sound. But then again nothing in life was easy...

Sarn continued to stay quit for a few seconds to make sure all eyes were on him. He hated to have to repete himself when telling vital infomation to his fellow squadmates. He needed everyone to know what was up before heading out. Only when he was sure that everyones gaze was one him That he continued.

" Eariler at about 16:00 the admrial had summoned me into his quarthers to inform me of a new situation that had devoled at p3k. Apperntialy the imperials had surroned the area with some type of space mines. Any ships trying to enter the approch vector we have scheduled for the revengae to drop out off. will be vaped instaintly by the mines. "

" But, we have a method of clearing them....Admrial ackbar." He guestures toward the admrial with his righthand before taking a seat in his chair. Ackbar politly thanks sarn, and continues the briefing. We have manged to out fit a couple b-wings with special jammers that can block out the tracking signals of space mines. we need a group of skilled pilots to fly escort for the revengae with these b-wings. and knock out any that get in the way. That way once we make our escape with the star destroyer kirin and his team will steal. We can use the mines as a safe passage. Any imperial ship that pursues us once we go into hyperspace will be destroyed by their own mines."

Ranesh had run straight from the hangar to the debriefing, hoping he wasn't too late.

He had come in somewhere around the mention of space mines. Grimacing as Sarns gaze passed over him, he entered the room. But the commander didn't miss a beat. Ranesh quietly took a seat next to Roland, avoiding the silent reprimand in his eyes as he focused on the situation at hand.

What is it with Kirin and stealing SD's?

Slowly, absentmindedly, his thoughts drifted to Naomi. She was staying with some old friends of Roland's, on an out of the way planet that was mostly forest. She said it was great, but they both knew that she felt imprisoned there. She'd grown up by the ocean, able to see for miles. The forests made her uneasy. That and the loss of Asad was still fresh in her mind. The only father she'd ever known... He tried to make things easier on her, visiting as often as he could. Which was what had made him late for the debriefing. But he got the feeling that being around him only brought back memories of Asad. He wanted to help, but he didn't know....

"revengae with these b-wings. and knock out any that get in the way."

Sarn's words pierced through his thoughts, pushing back everything else as he remembered what he was here for....

I place my hand upon the door
I raise my gaze up from the floor
But when I look outside this place
I turn away and hide my face
Locked in this prison of the mind
For which the key I’ll never find

Kirin sat silently and very happy, he never liked speaking directly to large groups. The basic stategy for the attack was well explained by Sarn and he was certain no one thought it would be as easy as the way he himself had made it sound. Kirin wished he could be the man in the B-wing, but he was the only one familiar with imperial docking and command proceedures not to mention he was the only one who had stolen an ISD before, and that doesn't mention that he is one of the only three people on the entire ship with a bounty larger than 150 K on his head.

ooc: No, the fame has caught Kirin again. Now he is to steal yet another ISD, how far will his bounty go up? 200 K for a repeat offense? Who knows....

"Yeah, and I stole an ISD. Doesn't mean you should. I am the lunitic around here." LT. CMDR. KIRIN A. TSUKINO
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"What? Where in God's vast galaxy are you going to find a man crazy enough to even attempt to jump a moon into hyperspa.....where do I sign?"

ooc: Hey, Kirin, if you ever need any help stealing Imperial things, go ahead and ask me, seeing as how Winters spent a couple years as a TIE pilot in the Imperial Navy, I'm sure he knows his way around a Star Destroyer, if you catch my drift.

ic: Winters looked over the consoles and punched in a few more commands. The computer whirred and then beeped, confirming his commands.
"Okay, go ahead and tell the Commander that the simulators are prepped for the first run. I'll await his orders from there on."

"Yes, sir," the technician replied and ran off down the corridor looking for Black Nova's CO.

If you're going to do something, do it right. Or at least don't let the other side know you're cheating.

The YV-666 Razorwing appeared a mere 100 yards in front of the docking bay, panicking the traffic controllers inside. The comm link in the ship exploded with noise as the men tried to regain their composure while figuring out what was going on.

"Who the heck are you?!"
"You remember me," was the reply.

The junior controller was about to explode into the comm link, but his supervisor stopped him: he did remember.

"Kalyant? It's been forever! What have you been doing?"
"Sleeping."
"Good one. Keep your day job."
"It wasn't a joke."
"Oh. Well, just find yourself an open spot in here, I guess."
"Thank you."

The all-black ship set down at the end of a row of A-wings, and a man in a thick grey cloak descended from the ship. The man was about six feet tall, with salt-and-pepper hair and ice blue eyes. There was one lightsaber on his left hip, and a few others on his back. One still had a fingertip fused to the scarred metal. A souvenir.

He was called Redir Kalyant, and he had served as a Jedi Hunter when he was young, as the Republic was dying. The Empire had decided that they didn't need so many Jedi Hunters, and he was "laid off". The Empire had a more devious translation of "laid off", and his only companion was to be the assassin. Kalyant had escaped, but his family and his honor hadn't, and now his former partner was nowhere to be found. That was all changing, however. Jedi Killers carried reputations with them, and his sources were constantly on his tail. For now, Kalyant was destroying as much of the local Imperial force as possible, but the time would come.

Kalyant took the lift, then stepped out and down the hallway to the briefing room. This black ops squadron had more than its fair share of Jedi: Kalyant sensed them from across the ship. He walked in right as Sarn finished talking. He gave a small bow, then took a seat in the back row. The faces of those sitting nearby told him all he needed to know: it was another mission with little to no chance of survival, success, or even a fair fight. Those are always the best kind. Maybe they still wanted his help.

OOC: Hey guys. Sorry but do to the fact that my internet connections have been acting up. I won't be on much. And David. if your reading this then i'm sorry i won't be on SWG to help you through your first days as a rebel soldier. My game card is about to expire and I have very little cash to get a new one and since my internet is o8ut my time will be limited. But I will try to rp on this board and repond to your posts as much as I can.

"Finally, back in some sims. We've apparently got a little new blood under our belts so I'll go in as a tie fighter and give everyone a hard time. Sounds like fun, huh?"

"Yeah, and I stole an ISD. Doesn't mean you should. I am the lunitic around here." LT. CMDR. KIRIN A. TSUKINO
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"What? Where in God's vast galaxy are you going to find a man crazy enough to even attempt to jump a moon into hyperspa.....where do I sign?"

"Definitely, and as much as I'd love to fly Imp with you, these new guys need some experienced help, so I'll play 'good-guy' this time," Winters said, smiling to Kirin. He punched in a few more commands and the simulator pods opened up. He hopped down to the Number 3 pod, and before getting in, activated a wall intercom.

"Attention all Black Nova pilots and trainees, we are commencing training simulations for the upcoming mission, all personnel are to report to the sim room, out."

And with that he hopped into the pod, hearing it close behind him with a hiss. At first it was dark for a few moments, and then some beeping was heard as the system booted up. The monitor that acted as the sky glowed bright blue, and then adjusted to mimic the hangar bay of Home One. Winters rubbed a hand on his neck, trying to loosen out the knots he felt in his muscles. He punched in some commands in the small droid console, as Bullseye was lifted into a similar simulator a few yards away.

Are you ready, David?

"Sure am, let's go," he said to his astromech. He punched the ignition, and felt the simulator buckle as it replicated repulsorlift engines.

"Black Nova Flight, Commander Ozan may be a little late to join us, so for now, I am Black Nova Lead, our Impish friends will be being lead by Lieutenant Commander Kirin, so don't let your guard down, stay near me, and you might make it through here alive. Well, digitally speaking, of course. Let's go."

If you're going to do something, do it right. Or at least don't let the other side know you're cheating.

IC: After the meeting broke Ariane quietly left the briefing room. For a moment she hovered out side the door deciding whethar to join the squadron in the simulator. A slight pain in her chest made the final decision for her and she retired back to her quarters.

Entering the room she again pulled the hold all onto the bed and tool out a small leathar case and placed it gently on the bed. Returning the hold all to it's resting place she opened the leathar case on the bed.

A number of small tools sat in the petite case, fine detail tools for light cybernetic work. With a sigh she sat down on the bed and pulled up her right sleeve. Passing one of the tools over her arm a small storage area opened with an almost inaudable click. Picking up another tool she started to adjust the controls for her arm. Embeded in her arm where some monitoring circuitry for her "new" heart, she flicked it on for a few moments and observed the results before shutting it down again. Putting the tool back in it's case she reached into the compartment and pulled out a small 1 inch cylinder, she held it up and stared at it for a moment before smirking and putting it down and closing the compartment.

Silently, she picked up the cylinder and slipped out of the room.

Location: Bridge of the Theoi
Deep space

The low hum of the bridge equipment coupled with the incesscant chatter of bridge officers formed an almost comforting background of noise. Suddenly that comfort was shattered by the regimental sound of a rushed march

ooc: According to Sarn's plan, and for this case, the sim, there is no Imperial contact until after Kirin's taken the SD, as for the actual mission, who knows, but for now I'm going to skip ahead to after Kirin's simulated team as taken the Star Destroyer and we're leaving. Mirrodin, if you want to jump in, you can, that'd probably be best right now.

IC: Nighty-night Winters though to himself as he activated the B-Wing's jammers for the second time. The mines' designator lights fizzled and finally winked out. He activated his comlink: "Revenge, we have no traffic and an open road."

There was some beepings and whirrings from Bulseye's computer readout.

"Black Nova, look alive! I'm picking up two squadrons of TIEs...eyeballs, inbound and hot! Lock S-foils in attack position and engage at your own discretion. Remember that our XO is flying with the Imps so keep your eyes open!"

With that he modified his B-Wing's configuration to attack mode and goosed the throttle, being careful to avoid the mines.

If you're going to do something, do it right. Or at least don't let the other side know you're cheating.

"Computer, line up first three tie intercepter squadrons in a triple flock pattern. Keep the remaining ties in reserve. Make sure the three intercepter squadrons stay in pairs so that they don't stay open to attack." Kirin ordered the simulator. He, being the only imp, had to control their movements. This first pass was merely a test of the Nova's strategic abilities. Attacking three squadrons of intercepters would definitely be difficult. But in flock pattern it would be possible to defeat them.

In a flock pattern, each squadron takes and defends a specific sector of space. In this case it is merely a division of elevation. A squadron will break into two six craft flights and cover different areas. The best stretegy for defeating the formation is simple, but will the new Nova's know it or will David and Sarn just blow the imps away. The simulation had begun.

"Yeah, and I stole an ISD. Doesn't mean you should. I am the lunitic around here." LT. CMDR. KIRIN A. TSUKINO
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"What? Where in God's vast galaxy are you going to find a man crazy enough to even attempt to jump a moon into hyperspa.....where do I sign?"